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- Consent agenda (items 3.301–3.9): Motion to approve the consent agenda as submitted. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: approved (transcript: \"Motion passes\").

- 6.1 Extra standard schedule (activity/advisor positions): Motion to approve the extra standard schedule as presented. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: approved.

- 6.2 Classified and certified staff handbooks (2025–26): Motion to approve the handbooks as presented. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: approved.

- 6.3 Staff training requirements (resolution): Motion to approve the staff training requirements resolution as read. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: approved.

- 6.4 Student handbook (2025–26): Motion to approve the student handbook with noted items deferred to August as described in the meeting. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: approved.

- 6.5 Policy 64-61, Reduction in Force: Motion to approve policy 64-61 as presented. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: approved.

- Tabling: Policy 84-30, Student appearance/dress and grooming: Motion to table policy 84-30 to a later date. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: tabled. The board requested more public conversation and additional policy-committee work before returning this item.

- 85-11 Physical examinations and immunizations for students: Motion to approve policy 85-11 as presented and as modified (clarifying that vaccination requirements — not identity documents — determine permissive enrollment restrictions). Mover and seconder announced; transcript records motion as approved. Outcome: approved as modified.

- 91-10 Parental access to educational practices (new/updated policy required by law): Motion to approve policy 91-10 as presented. Second by Lisa Albers. Outcome: approved. The approved language includes a parent-request form, notification provisions for certain assessments and surveys, and a requirement that reasonable requests to observe classroom instruction be accommodated without disrupting the educational process.

Notes and procedure: Many motions were seconded by Board member Lisa Albers and recorded simply as \"Motion passes\" in the minutes. Where a recorded roll-call tally was not provided in the meeting transcript the outcome is reported as the board did in the meeting record. Several items had substantive prior discussion (for example policies related to nondiscrimination and bullying) and at least one item (dress and grooming) was specifically tabled for further work.

The board did not take formal action on the CEP/nutrition item (5.1); that item was presented as an information item.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","July 10th, 2025 - GIPS Board of Education Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of motions decided at the July 10, 2025 Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education meeting, with outcomes and procedural notes.","taxTitle","GRAND ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, School Districts, Nebraska","taxId",13051,"location","Nebraska","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6519240,"Grand Island board debates hairstyle and nondiscrimination language, tables dress-code action",2095,2450000,4545000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5362588-00596b6bba1b18a172c2bae8ca79cd24&start=2450&end=4545","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5362588-00596b6bba1b18a172c2bae8ca79cd24/thumbnail_2450000.jpg","/articles/6519240/Nebraska/Grand-Island-board-debates-hairstyle-and-nondiscrimination-language-tables-dress-code-action","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6519240-fcc5420ac2c1d8506b02271649fe2b72/orig.mp4?Expires=1771145365&Signature=UdPJwrxEKEZFW393lJYpYcCtDAZywQ3pPNkJNuqC7ftBw82VPNKgHQ4rwAciRK3Nsjj~WTDgJZhBj62Ljf76LrZ79BPJDhlZUdHTzUU29hbN46XtrgwecDgusFwo8CL5V6FjHEjziY2zKe6SSOCt1tR2WlgDghFxLyMC4DiI~8yL-IXQ9qlc8PO~dDhz3GjjbvqpblKdrMX~VIv1pQreCojOBJOCGZC5y1PzVriqnQ1PjGZQcroZ7HuOlXnWgVjatR6uDhdOeEw0c~zUO~T8N3-T9qHwejD8JWqegZO~7cPdslhhUbhOo5oii9p2f-fzoOwnhcV94F2goriZ7B42~w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its July 10, 2025, meeting the Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education reviewed a package of policy updates driven partly by new state requirements and by attorney recommendations. Board members spent extended time debating how narrowly or broadly to describe protected characteristics in harassment and bullying policies, including whether to list protective hairstyles by name.

Policy committee chair Matt Fisher presented a set of proposed changes that add military and veteran status to protected categories and adjust several policy cross-references. Fisher said the wording changes reflected attorney guidance and legislative updates. The board focused most of its discussion on the phrasing in the bullying and harassment policy that previously listed specific hairstyle examples — \"including braids, locks, twists, tight coils, and curls, cornrows, bantu knots, afros, and head wraps.\" Some board members urged keeping the list for clarity when staff or parents seek guidance; others argued the list could be unnecessarily limiting or that a supplemental guidance document would be more appropriate.

\"I'm not sure what protective hairstyles are,\" Board member Lisa Albers said, arguing that a list could prompt questions and that a phrasing such as \"including but not limited to\" might help. Board member Carlos Garcia Mendez said specific examples help district staff and parents who \"don't know what they don't know\" and suggested keeping illustrative language to support district responses to incidents. Board member Mister Holly favored removing the long list from policy and instead using a supplemental guidance document to avoid inconsistencies across policies.

Several board members said they wanted more information on where the language originated and how the district has applied it in past incidents. Board members raised broader concerns about proactive district work — training, monitoring incidents, and responding to hate incidents in the community — not only policy text.

As a result of the discussion, the board voted to table the proposed student dress-and-grooming policy (policy 84-30) to allow more public conversation and additional work by the policy committee. Fisher said the committee will take the board's feedback and return with recommended consistent language across policies.

The board also reviewed and approved other legislatively required policy updates that were presented the same evening, including parental access to educational practices (policy 91-10) and related forms, but the dress-code item was set aside for further consideration.

Board members emphasized the need for consistent policy language across nondiscrimination, harassment, and dress-code policies to ensure administrators and teachers have clear, workable guidance for handling incidents and for conversations with families.","Board discussed changes to nondiscrimination and bullying policies — including whether to list protective hairstyles — and tabled a proposed student dress-and-grooming policy while seeking further policy-committee work and public discussion.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6519245,"Grand Island schools say CEP raised participation and reimbursement but warn nutrition fund faces rising costs",813,417000,1230000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5362588-00596b6bba1b18a172c2bae8ca79cd24&start=417&end=1230","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5362588-00596b6bba1b18a172c2bae8ca79cd24/thumbnail_417000.jpg","/articles/6519245/Nebraska/Grand-Island-schools-say-CEP-raised-participation-and-reimbursement-but-warn-nutrition-fund-faces-rising-costs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6519245-dfa04c64f96d0d349f65db7481925b9e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771145365&Signature=dhEKjRmdpp52Qa1A0X-JvQD6a~lClDTJPAHAD-qX3LqnrZ9SOT4hdYB-CABcVCHBh3YwtQzuaF6wpvgMgB1Ri4p0CuG8ZvZAgAesJoYsrkfgew0lxLNJoI7HoSRkVyYFXhxj6m3ZypuUrs~UOAxbEujXwkeDhMWsu9yPxhJbHECBbCUdbGtp6N8bivQPB0-GUeZQiwxeA06ISORTpIL3AzkbbXykjGGyH0JHPqqAQfVYxUEIrLNKCHt~bnrhukqgM4kaxGsZ17RKbt5ZxL~hZaDkFr2ajEWQRmsDew~1tz5DjSUG-uIiJKNj2lUSRI5x~AsXjWeS77ourR~yyV2M-w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its July 10, 2025, meeting, the Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education heard that the district's shift to the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) increased meal participation and federal and state reimbursements, but that rising food and personnel costs have created a structural imbalance in the district's nutrition services fund.

The presentation, given during the information item on CEP for the 2024–25 school year, outlined three full prior years of fund activity and projections for the current fiscal year. District finance staff reported the nutrition fund has paid off its debt but has drawn down cash reserves over the last full fiscal year because expenditures — primarily food and payroll — rose faster than revenues despite higher CEP reimbursements.

Board members were told the fund started the 2023–24 year with roughly $3.2 million, recorded about $6.4 million in revenue and $7.7 million in expenses, and ended that year at just under $2.0 million — a decline of roughly $1.2 million attributed mainly to higher food and payroll costs. Officials noted the Nebraska Department of Education had earlier urged districts to reduce unusually large reserves, which contributed to a one-time increase in certain expenditures (debt retirement) in the most recent full year.

\"This is an expenditure problem, not a CEP program issue,\" a district finance speaker said, explaining that CEP replaced paid-meal revenue with higher federal and state reimbursements but did not eliminate growing costs of food and staff. He added that if current trends continue the district would not likely return the fund to prior reserve levels within a single year and estimated it could take two to three years to restore long-term balance if only modest improvement is achieved.

Nutrition services director Oscar (last name not specified in the record) told the board CEP substantially increased student access to meals. He said the district served about 80,000 more meals in the last school year than the prior year, roughly 270 additional lunches and 222 additional breakfasts per school day on average. Oscar reported the district averaged about 6,878 lunches per day and close to 3,000 breakfasts per day, with total increases of about 43,497 lunches and roughly 36,000 breakfasts over the year. He said higher meal counts produced higher reimbursements under CEP; on average, lunch reimbursements per meal were about $0.81 higher under CEP than under a full-pay model.

Board discussion included questions about participation rates and reimbursement. Oscar said districtwide average daily meal participation is near 70 percent and that high school participation runs about 50–60 percent, which he compared favorably to national averages he recalled at 30–40 percent. The finance presenter and Oscar also noted summer feeding is reimbursed under a separate program; the district is projecting roughly $75,000 in summer program reimbursements this year.

Officials emphasized that CEP reduced administrative burden by eliminating free-and-reduced application processing and removed negative meal-account debt from the general fund because the USDA rules for CEP prevent end-of-year negative balances from falling to the district general fund. They also warned that federal and state reimbursement increases are not automatically linked to local food-price inflation.

The board received the CEP information as an information item; no action was taken on CEP at the meeting.

The district recommended continued close monitoring and administrative measures to reduce food and payroll costs, and warned a future transfer from the general fund could be necessary if expenditures continue to outpace revenue and cost-control steps prove insufficient.

The presentation and board questions reflected estimates and projections; speakers noted year-end figures and some interest postings were not yet final.","Board received data showing Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) increased meal participation and federal/state reimbursements, while district finance staff warned food and payroll cost growth created a structural imbalance that could require transfers in future years.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Grand Island Public Schools board approves handbooks, training, several policies; tables dress-code

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Grand Island schools say CEP raised participation and reimbursement but warn nutrition fund faces rising costs